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Originally Posted by cashy
disagree
formation is fine
problem is off the ball movement, it is terrible and playing defensive opening trough passes is therefore almost impossible
The formation 41212 is extremely popular on FIFA, it is the highest priced card on UT so i anticipate it will have support to stay as our formation but you really need to look past the 41212 and look at our performances which have been poor - the stats speak for themselves.
In our current state the way people like to play and the general level of our VPs it's clear our formation isn't working. I've played most attacking positions in this formation so i have a good perspective of what we're doing right and wrong and how to change that and that is by changing formation.
We need a better base in central midfield - 1 isn't adequate. They look to the wing - who is isolated unless the forward makes a run down the wing then we have strikers out of position - they should be focussed within the width of the goals.
The solution is 2 CMs either in 4222 or 4231 imo as that enables the strikers to work more in the width of the goal as the CMs can push the team forward and the wingers are able to operate more effectively on the wing meaning the strikers don't have to come wide so much.
I preference 4231 over 4222 at first as with 5 supporting the striker it could give us more confidence in how to build attacks but i'm also 100% behind 4222 as i know that formation extremely well too and it is excellent for what we need imo.